Method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle and device for carrying out the method

Abstract

A method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving maneuver, including the following: (a) determining a driving path in which the motor vehicle moves when the driving maneuver is carried out and automatically or semi-automatically carrying out the driving maneuver; (b) detecting the surroundings of the motor vehicle during the driving maneuver; (c) stopping the motor vehicle if an object is detected in the driving path and resuming the driving maneuver as soon as the object has left the driving path and/or decelerating the motor vehicle and slowly resuming the driving maneuver if an object is detected outside the driving path. Also described is a device for carrying out the method.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving maneuver, the method comprising:
 (a) determining, by a driver assistance system, a driving path, in which the motor vehicle moves while the driving maneuver is carried out and automatically or semi-automatically carrying out the driving maneuver; 
 (b) detecting, by the driver assistance system, the surroundings of the motor vehicle during the driving maneuver; 
 (c) if an object is detected in the driving path stopping, by the driver assistance system, the motor vehicle and resuming, by the driver assistance system, the driving maneuver as soon as the object has left the driving path; and 
 (d) if the object is detected outside the driving path, decelerating, by the driver assistance system, the motor vehicle and slowly resuming, by the driver assistance system, the driving maneuver, 
 wherein the driving maneuver carried out automatically is aborted as soon as the driver of the motor vehicle actuates an accelerator pedal. 
 
     
     
       2. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the driver of the motor vehicle can reduce the speed of the motor vehicle at any time without the driving maneuver being aborted. 
     
     
       3. The method of  claim 1 , wherein longitudinal guiding occurs automatically when the driving maneuver is carried out semi-automatically and the driver of the motor vehicle receives instructions for transverse guiding. 
     
     
       4. The method of  claim 3 , wherein the instructions for transverse guiding are haptic steering instructions. 
     
     
       5. The method of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of an ultrasonic sensor, a radar sensor, an infrared sensor, a lidar sensor, and a video sensor is used to detect the surroundings of the motor vehicle during the driving maneuver. 
     
     
       6. The method of  claim 1 , wherein, during detection of the object in the driving path, it is ascertained whether it is possible to bypass the object, and if bypassing is possible a new driving path is determined while bypassing the object and the driving maneuver is carried out so that the motor vehicle moves within the new driving path. 
     
     
       7. The method of  claim 6 , wherein the driving maneuver is ended if bypassing of the object in the driving path is not possible. 
     
     
       8. The method of  claim 1 , wherein the driving maneuver is aborted if the driver disregards a steering instruction during a semi-automatic driving maneuver and the object is situated in the driving path which is likely to be driven through by the motor vehicle. 
     
     
       9. A device for carrying out the method for supporting a driver of a motor vehicle during a driving maneuver, the method, comprising:
 a determining arrangement to determine a driving path, in which the motor vehicle moves during the driving maneuver; 
 a detecting arrangement to detect the surroundings of the motor vehicle; and
 an arrangement for automatically or semi-automatically carrying out the driving maneuver, the arrangement for automatically or semi-automatically carrying out the driving maneuver being configured so that (a) the motor vehicle is stopped if an object is detected in the driving path and the driving maneuver is resumed as soon as the object has left the driving path, and (b) the motor vehicle is decelerated and the driving maneuver is slowly resumed if the object is detected outside the driving path, wherein the driving maneuver carried out automatically is aborted as soon as the driver of the motor vehicle actuates an accelerator pedal. 
 
 
     
     
       10. The device of  claim 9 , wherein the detecting arrangement for detecting the surroundings of the motor vehicle includes at least one of an ultrasonic sensor, an infrared sensors, a radar sensor, a lidar sensor, and a video sensor.